Caring for elderly and other dependants

As well as help from Tameside Adult Services, other organisations provide information, advice and a range of practical services to older people, their families and carers.

Age Concern 

 Can help with things such as;

• Community Care, NHS care, disability and ageing; paying for care in a care home; disability equipment; home help and Local Authority charges; hospital discharge arrangements.
• Consumer issues
• Help with heating; television licence concessions; making a will; legal matters; arranging a funeral; crime prevention.
• Health
• Dental care; community health services; help with continence.
• Housing
• Financial help with repairs and adaptations; raising income or capital from your home.
• Income and Benefits
• A guide to money benefits; Attendance Allowance; Disability Living Allowance;
• Leisure, learning and work
• Travel for older people; leisure and learning; holidays for older people.

 Age Concern, 131 Katherine Street, Ashton under Lyne OL6 7SN
 0161 308 5000   Fax: 0161 308 5001

Carers Centre 

You may not recognise yourself as a Carer if you provide unpaid care to parents and other family members or friends who cannot manage at home without help because of their age, physical disability or illness.

The pressures of caring can be financial, practical, emotional and physical and are best shared.

The centre offers:

• Carer Forums
• Carers Register
• Events, trips & activities
• Information and Advice
• Regular newsletters
• Short breaks
• Support groups
  

If you are under 18 and care for a relative who is sick or disabled then you can get support from the Young Carers Worker.

Carers UK 
 0808 808 7777 (Weds and Thursdays 10am – 12pm, 2pm – 4pm)

Deaf or Hard of Hearing

If you care for someone who has a hearing problem Tameside Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing may be able to help. .

Tameside Centre for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
 225 Mossley Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, OL6 6LX
 0161 330 4019   0161 330 4019

Learning Disabilities

Tameside Learning Disability Service provides a variety of support to help those people with a learning disability and their Carers.

Mental illness

For help with mental illness - the person can see their GP who may refer them on to a Phychiatric Nurse at the hospital or the local Community Mental Health Team.

Topaz/Tameside Glossop and Mind 

Provides a telephone information line that gives thousands of callers every year vital confidential help on a range of mental health problems and their consequences.

Visual Impairment

If you are caring for someone who is having difficulty in their daily life because of visual loss, you can get help from Tameside Adult Services.

There is also an organisation called Tameside Blind Association  which is for all visually impaired people, carers and friends.